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Originally Posted by bkrodgers
I find that incredibly hard to believe -- it'd be insanely dumb. Though that doesn't mean it wouldn't happen. MS is already struggling to attract developers to the platform (and keep the ones they have).
It also doesn't fit with their reported strategy of keeping 6.5.X around for lower cost devices. It is not a good idea to have two active platforms that require separate development and aren't compatible.
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Well it looks to be true, and it makes a lot of sense. WM7 is being developed with an all new core OS. This itself would make backward compatability difficult. It also makes sense as to why they are continuing down the WM6.5 path. This gives those who want to stay with legacy applications the ability to do so.
With Microsoft's mantra of "Three screens and a cloud" it would seem logical that they would have to make some major changes to Wiondows Mobile to work more seamlessly with other computers in the group.
To you and I it may seem very stupid not to have backwards compatibility, but I think in the big picture I'm sure it is worthwhile. It's not like the folks at MS don't see the drawbacks of broken backwards compatibility, that's why I say they have decided to continue down the WM6.5 path for a while.
Dave